About Derrick
Dr. Derrick Williams helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed by anger, or struggling with low self-esteem and depression. He has 35 years of experience and works with adults facing ADHD concerns as well.
He approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. He focuses on practical conversations tailored to whatever is most pressing. Sessions aim to identify patterns that keep problems going and build small, doable changes.
He listens first, then suggests steps you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
His background spans a wide range of settings over three and a half decades, and his Licensed Professional Counselor credential shows long-term clinical work. He is licensed in Pennsylvania and South Carolina and draws on that breadth when helping people navigate everyday challenges.
He also supports issues related to adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, first responder stresses, infidelity, intellectual disability, jealousy, postpartum depression, and self-harm. These are areas he has worked with alongside the core concerns of mood and anxiety. Dr.
Williams tailors the dialog and treatment plan to each person. He aims to help people find clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better day-to-day coping. Taking the first step can feel hard, and he offers steady support while you work toward change.
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Dr. Williams uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in plain language. One common approach focuses on recognizing thought patterns that fuel anxiety and low mood, then testing those thoughts with real-life experiments to reduce distress and build confidence. Another approach emphasizes step-by-step behavioral changes - setting small goals, tracking progress, and building routines that reduce stress and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with you about your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together you can try options and adjust the plan as you learn what helps most in your life.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let you see and hear the therapist for in-depth conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in between meetings, and text-based messaging supports ongoing contact and short updates. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, maintain momentum between sessions, and access care from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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